Ella Beatty (born April 8, 2000) is an American actress. The daughter of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, she made her screen debut in 2024 with a recurring role in the FX on Hulu anthology series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. She made her film debut in the A24 drama If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025).
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The actress says the unexpected spit was a deliberate choice, encouraged by Hunnam, while the series also reimagines the historic friendship between Lizzie Borden and stage star Nance O’Neil.
Ella Beatty plays the title role in Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the fourth season of Ryan Murphy's true-crime anthology, which premiered in New York before its full-season drop.
Ella Beatty, 26, leads Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the anthology's first season centred on a woman. Her famous parents have followed her into the headlines almost as fast as the reviews.
Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story brings in Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos for episode four, and showrunner Ian Brennan and star Ella Beatty say it's about tracing female rage across a century, not a real-life connection.
Charlie Hunnam, Ella Beatty and Rebecca Hall talk about approaching Netflix's Lizzie Borden season as farce rather than tragedy, while historians note the case remains almost entirely unsolved to this day.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's Monster anthology returns with Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden, accused of axing her parents in 1892 Massachusetts, alongside Rebecca Hall, Vicky Krieps and a scene-stealing Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos.